---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-120072"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBRL"
cik: "0001067294"
company_name: "CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T15:36:58.813187+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cracker Barrel shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Andrea M. Weiss received highest withheld votes (1,098,887).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 14,961,752 for (96.9%) vs 472,512 against.
- Ratification of Deloitte as FY 2023 auditor approved with 18,313,107 for (95.9%) vs 736,497 against.
- Broker non-votes: 3,548,631 on directors and 3,548,641 on say-on-pay; none on auditor.
- Total shares present: 19,095,731 out of 22,167,663 outstanding.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-120072
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBRL
- cik: 0001067294
- company_name: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922120072/0001104659-22-120072-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922120072/tm2230878d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor at the 2022-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-17
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s 2023 fiscal year: For Against Abstentions 18,313,107 736,497 46,127 CES has advised the Company that there were no broker non-votes on proposal 3.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922120072/0001104659-22-120072-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2022-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-17
  source text: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2022 proxy statement: For Against Abstentions 14,961,752 472,512 112,826 CES has advised the Company that there were 3,548,641 broker non-votes on proposal 2.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922120072/0001104659-22-120072-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC shareholders approved Election of 11 director nominees at the 2022-11-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-11-17
  source text: Andrea M. Weiss . I n addition, CES has advised the Company that there were 3,548,631 broker non-votes on proposal 1.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000110465922120072/0001104659-22-120072-index.htm

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